Example sentences of "that [modal v] [be] take for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It became particularly apparent that ‘ crimes ’ were not absolutes that could be taken for granted as being ‘ obviously wrong ’ in the way that positivist criminology seemed to do . |
| 2 | ‘ ( 1 ) If on the application of the Secretary of State the court is satisfied — ( a ) that there is a reasonable likelihood that any person will contravene any provision of — ( i ) rules or regulations made under this Chapter ; ( ii ) sections 47 , 56 , 57 , or 59 above ; … ( c ) that any person has contravened any such provision or condition and that there are steps that could be taken for remedying the contravention , the court may grant an injunction restraining the contravention … or , as the case may be , make an order requiring that person and any other person … knowingly concerned in the contravention to take such steps as the court may direct to remedy it . |
| 3 | The second precondition is that ‘ there are steps that could be taken for remedying the contravention . ’ |
| 4 | She was looking , not at a twenty-one-year-old girl , a young and beautiful twenty-one-year-old girl , but a twenty-one-year-old girl that could be taken for thirty , and who was drinking a mixture of brandy and port to ease the strain of her life . |
| 5 | It is surely a question of maintaining an appropriate balance , and is not something that can be taken for granted . |
| 6 | To behave as if such human processes produce some kind of universal , objective category that can be taken for granted by criminologists was , they argued , absurd . |